pucino

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French poutine. The c avoids homonymy with putino (“prostitute”) while reflecting Canadian French pronunciation with an affricated t.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [puˈt͡sino]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ci‧no

Noun

pucino (accusative singular pucinon, plural pucinoj, accusative plural pucinojn)

  1. poutine

See also
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